CVE-2007-4004 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the ftp client in IBM AIX 5.3 SP6 and 5.2.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger the overflow in a gets function call. NOTE: the client is setuid root on AIX, so this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

Published: 2007-07-26

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:sp6::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-3988	Buffer overflow in the ftp client in IBM AIX 5.3 SP6 and 5.2.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger the overflow in a gets function call. NOTE: the client is setuid root on AIX, so this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00464.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=571
http://secunia.com/advisories/26219
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01812
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01813
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25077
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018465
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2675
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35627

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-07-26T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:37:05.798Z

Reserved: 2007-07-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4004

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-07-26T22:30:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-4004

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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